>> > Well, well..... AFAIK this summer there was a heated
>> > discussion in Oxford whether to teach their math students what
>> > "uniformly continuous function" is or NOT:-))) ROTFLMAO, as
>> > you say:-) This is exactly what *our* students are taught in the
>> > *very* first semester:-))
>>
>> You're joking, right? As a Mathematics/Comuter Science major, I find
>> that utterly _appalling_.
> What do you find appaling? The Oxford-related information, or
> how we teach here? If the latter, then yes, we deliver them
> (students) the Kantor (not sure about spelling:-)) theorem and
> the related questions during their first 5 months of study.... And
> there's nothing appaling about it, since it's one of the basics of
> the analysis... We basically follow the Smirnov's course, that is.
> Therefore the "absolutely continuous functions" are postponed
> to the 3rd year... together with related Lebesque theorems etc.
> If, OTOH, you find the Oxford info appaling, then I'm on your
> side:-)
*grin* Sorry, I should be more specifically appalled in the future. ;-)
(Mental Note...) Anyhow, yes, it's the Oxford-related information that
appalled me.
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